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Drake Addresses Long-Standing Problems of Educational Inequality in New Book

February 25, 2022

In his new book, "Academic Apartheid: Race and the Criminalization of Failure in an American Suburb" (University of California Press, 2022), Sean J. Drake looks at how race and class intersect, contributing to educational inequality and modern school segregation. 

See related: Social Policy (Aging, Education, Health, Welfare), Education, Racial Inequality, Race & Ethnicity, Social Inequalities, Immigration, Education and Family, Inequalities

Lutz Examines How Social Contexts and Culture Affect Parenting Decisions in New Book

February 17, 2022
Amy Lutz, associate professor of sociology at the Maxwell School, is the co-author of a new book, "Parenting in Privilege or Peril: How Social Inequality Enables or Derails the American Dream" (Teachers College Press, 2021). The book examines how social contexts and culture affect parenting decisions. 

See related: Parenting and Family, Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security, Education and Family, Inequality

Yingyi Ma speaks to The Diplomat about educational inequality in China

August 9, 2021

See related: Education, China, Education and Family

Schwartz talks to Research Minutes about impact of special education

February 26, 2021
Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs, recently co-authored a study on the impact of special education on students with learning disabilities. On this episode of Research Minutes, "Does Special Education Improve Student Outcomes," she discusses her team's findings.

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Schwartz discusses her recent special education study with Hechinger Report

February 3, 2021
"They’re closing the gap with their general education peers by about a sixth," says Professor Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs and lead author of the recently published study, "The Effects of Special Education on the Academic Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities." 

See related: Education, Education and Family, Health, Aging & Life Course, Disability

Lutz article on working‐class children of Mexican immigrants published

June 2, 2020

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Karas Montez study examines educational disparities in US adult health

March 12, 2019

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Lutz, Ma study on differences in the STEM pipeline  published in Research in the Sociology of Edu

October 29, 2018

See related: Social Policy (Aging, Education, Health, Welfare), Immigration, Education, Education, Education and Family

Lutz study on SAT mismatch, college outcomes published in Ethnic and Racial Studies journal

November 17, 2017

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Lutz paper examining educational inequalities in two national systems published in JEMS

February 24, 2017

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